System Setup submenu

Items on this menu affect printer behavior. Configure the printer according to your printing needs.

The section that follows lists the settings and possible values. In the Values column, the default value for each setting is the one with an asterisk (*) next to it.

Item

Values

Explanation

 

 

 

JOB STORAGE LIMIT

1 to 100 (*32)

Specifies the number of quick copy jobs that can be

 

 

stored on the printer. This item appears only if an

 

 

optional hard disk accessory is installed.

 

 

 

JOB HELD TIMEOUT

*OFF

Sets the amount of time that held jobs are kept before

 

1 HOUR

being automatically deleted from the queue.

 

4 HOURS

 

 

 

 

1 DAY

 

 

 

 

1 WEEK

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAY BEHAVIOR

There is no

Determines how the printer responds to jobs that request

 

value to select.

certain trays.

 

 

 

USE REQUESTED TRAY

Exclusively

Determines whether the printer tries to pull paper from a

 

*First

different tray than the one you selected in the printer

 

 

driver.

 

 

 

EXCLUSIVELY: Sets the printer to pull paper only from the

 

 

tray you selected and not pull from another tray, even if

 

 

the tray you selected is empty.

 

 

FIRST: Sets the printer to pull from the tray you selected

 

 

first, but allows the printer to pull from another tray

 

 

automatically if the tray you selected is empty.

 

 

 

MANUAL FEED PROMPT

Always

Determines when the printer shows a prompt regarding

 

*Unless Loaded

pulling from tray 1 if your print job does not match the

 

 

type or size loaded in any other tray.

 

 

ALWAYS: Select this option if you always want to be

 

 

prompted before the printer pulls from tray 1.

 

 

UNLESS LOADED: Prompts you only if tray 1 is empty.

 

 

 

POWERSAVE TIME

15 MINUTES

Sets how long the printer remains idle before it enters

 

*30 MINUTES

PowerSave mode.

 

60 MINUTES

PowerSave mode does the following:

 

 

 

90 MINUTES

 

minimizes the amount of power consumed by the

 

2 HOURS

The￿

 

printer when it is idle

 

4 HOURS

 

reduces wear on electronic components in the printer

 

 

 

 

(turns off the display backlight, but the display is still

 

 

readable)

 

 

printer automatically comes out of PowerSave mode

 

 

when you send a print job, press a printer control panel

 

 

button,￿

open a tray, or open the top cover.

 

 

To turn PowerSave mode on and off, see

 

 

“POWERSAVE” on page 166.)

 

 

 

PERSONALITY

*AUTO

Selects the default printer language (personality).

 

PS

Possible values are determined by which valid

 

PCL

languages are installed in the printer.

 

 

Normally, you should not change the printer language. If

 

 

you change it to a specific printer language, the printer

 

 

will not switch automatically from one language to

 

 

another unless specific software commands are sent to

 

 

the printer.

 

 

 

 

 

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